New smoking pipes should always be broken in. You break in pipes by only filling half of the pipe’s bowl and drawing very gently, in order to char the pipe’s insides as you do, this also allows your pipe to harden. To smoke a pipe properly, it needs to be filled properly. This is done by holding the pipe upright, and slowly letting the tobacco fall from between your fingers, do this until the pipe is filled. Draw on the pipe before lighting, in order to make sure that there are no blockages. If you do not fill the pipe properly, then the pipe may burn too hot, this leads to a ‘tongue bite’, which is a stinging at the top of the tongue.

Cigar cutters have been utilized for a number of years, in order to remove the cap which is usually at one or both ends of the cigar and must be removed for someone to smoke it. This is much more efficient than being bitten off or cut off with a knife which can damage the cigar and result in either the loss of tobacco or cause the cigar to burn unevenly.There are three main types of cigar cutters, these include; straight cut, the most common used on cigars with a smaller ring gauge. This cut is quick and straight allowing both ends of the cigar to be exposed. It comes in single blades or double, although double is more popular because it leaves a cleaner cut.Cigar scissors are ex.... Click here to read more

Cigars are a great way to sit back and relax in style, for both regular and occasional smokers. With owning cigars or being of a regular or occasional smoker of them, you may require some of the key cigar accessories that are involved with storing your cigars, cutting them and smoking them effectively. If you end up not using the correct equipment for the different processes of smoking and looking after cigars, you will end up with flavorless and faulty cigars, either before you smoke it, or when you smoke it.

It is important to store cigars in the correct place. They must be kept in a cigar humidor, at the right level of humidity, to ensure that everything is kept in tact an.... Click here to read more